Wall covering tile attached by tape



Jan. 10, 1950 R. c. BECK 2,494,57

WALL COVERING TILE ATTACHED BY TAPE Filed 0G13. 5, 1946 REYNDLD LBECK INVENTOR y l Patented Jan. 10, 1950 z t UNITED' sTAreslor sich:

WALLi COVERING ATTAGHEDEBE'TAPEf:

Reyneldaeek, Jamaica .l Applicatiomoc'teber, 194 Gif-Serial; Non 70135961 1-l'aimf'- (C1. vz--elciy 1 2 l invention? relates to. a-:Wall icoveringlcolle.. Figi-1 is xaffette view pt the tile. sistingof individual tiles which'. are mounted upong;-r Fig, ,isaseet,onal,vlew rtaken, on thelinev Z-Yz a )Wall 'by means of: tapes Whichare aiXed-to the.; n Wallbyfan adhesive.l The ytiles and the tapes have. Fig 3, isiaa-Sisallew of4 Figr lilooking front the.; cooperating fastening mea-nsfin the .form of. .snap-i; iigfright fasteners so that :after thetapes-have'been pasteda upon Ythegvvall, the ltiles Aare .putfinto Lplace bye. pressing theftiles against the tapes and themalei-` fastening member .on thefback:of,Jthefitilenltlfieng engages the female fasteningmember .onftheta-pe,fl 10e and the tile is :then securelyifastened.toefthegwallzf f The tiles are made .of fatsllitabl'e.plasticecomgi.. ctional View of the tile` position-k of.E any known-type .or. for-mula;..heat :anda-' and-tape; Wittigthehfastening@means, engaged and Water resisting, and adapted to be moldeds oneV 5 i formed by compression.; The tiles are very thin, 15J/:2 Figa 8 i perhaps about one sixteenth of an inch in thicktheftile f ness but this dimension isnot-cr-itical. The tile Fig. 9 illustrates ho isirectangular., preferably square andqtwofsidesof tilesfbybglldingafremf the tile have their edges bent baclftoeformflanges; th ghta .aligning the@Overlapping-fot;

AWall is ,ceveredfwith the eflet and Werking toward for overlapping adjacenttlles-- 20e Fila y.10 sseafsmlaaviewshowing the .Werkbelna The invention contemplates that the tiles are dene by -Workingflirom the right toward Cthe left,

formedirll suitable molds or dies and so fernred-,z1L Fig 1,1 hgw detailpf staggered tiles;

pressed.andzshapedthat the tile..- eomesffromea R to Elgll1e-s-.l-5,v the, tile` l is reef .Y

machineasialnlshedartic., Thefinventlonlalsg taaglllar, referablysquarerlnformi TWO edlemproposesethatthefastening mear-isbn theetiles-l 2flllgssidesrl? ,andflfareebeat or-depressedte ferm either themaleor th e remale member of;iv p flanges -4 l5-,ry respectively, which; lie in a. fastener-besinserted, into Vtheplastic mater l; l 0l @hind theplane otthesurfaeeref during. :the-.manufacture oi thetile; so that the Til flanges arecut awayL asatandrl-r; fastening means become. anzirrtegral part, rgemcrtlle flanges o fadiacent tiles: as tile.-v The latter islpreferablyggcurved veryslg e; re bcingput intoplace. The. tileisly.. from'one edge t0 theeppesitefedge. Wiccan-.the X Slightliceurved vas, showinin Figures: tile is pressed against the tile,to engage the fastening means thereon, the tile is'straightened or imak@steuerte-member. lis g-secured-in-the; flattened' and inasmuchyas it-has an ir1hlerent=-l center of the tile. As beStzSeellirlgFgure '7, the.; tendency to resume itsforiginal;slightlylecurved sfllfl M ???Slgalllll whereby/finis secllredin formaijcnqy the fastening means become more the tile material aS the latter S molded and firmly engaged and the Overlapping edges of the pressed. The stern projects from the back of the tues are forced together. tile and has a head 8. The latter may be of The fastening means on the tape may be in retallgular formation slightly longer horizontally the form of eyelets having spaced wires forming 4U than vertically as seen in Figure 1 so that the tile a spring clip adapted to receive and grip the fasmay be adjusted horizontally without the fastener tening means on the tile. A relatively strong members becoming disengaged. rm Woven or otherwise fabricated tape is pro- The tape l0 iS 0f Suitable material and Width vided with an adhesive on the back so that by and at spaced intervals equal to the height of moistening the adhesive, the tape is firmly at- 45 the tile, the tape is provided with female fastached to the Wa11 The tape W11] be made in teners. The latter may be in the form of eyelets Tous to be cui, Off in suitable lengthg I I which support spaced Wires l2. The latter are The invention provides a Wall coveringsuitable arranged t0 permit the head 8 of the tile fastener for use in the home, stores, buildings, decorative to be forced between the wires I2 as the tile is and like other purposes. Both the tilesv and the 5u Dressed against the tape and S0 that the Wires tapes are adapted for mass productionby autogrip the stem 1 in the manner of a snap or button matic machinery so as to be relatively inexpensive fastener- Figure 7 ShOWS the head 8 and the to use and adapted for use by unskilled labor. Wires l2 in engagement to secure the tile to the In the accompanying drawing illustrating the in tape. The latter is provided with an adhesive I3 vention t for pasting the tape to the Wall I4, Fig. 7.

A wall is covered as follows: As shown in Figure 9, the tape I is llrst cut into suitable lengths as may be required for the space to be covered. The tapes are moistened and pasted on the wall. When the tapes are thoroughly dry, the tiles may be pressed into position. The tapes are positioned on the wall so that the lowermost fastener I I is a distance from the floor equal to haii the height of the tile. Horizontally the tapes arek spaced so that the distance between the fastenersv II is equal to the width of the tile. The rst tile I may be pressed into position by a pressure suff l.

ciently to flatten the tile and cause the fastenerby placing it adjacent to the tile I5 and ,over-p lapping the flange 4. Then the tile I'I is placed and so on to complete thev bottom row of tiles."

Then the tile I8 may be put into place and when secured the tile will overlap the topY flange 5 of the tile I5. Then tile I9 may be placed and so on. Of course, one may build the wall covering vertically rst if so desired. The tiles and 2| are shown in positions about to be'added to the other tiles so that the invention may be fully understood. The side anges 4 lie underneath the adjacent horizontal tiles. The top anges 5 lie underneath the tiles immediately above.' By overlapping the tiles vertically, Fig. 8, moisture is prevented from running down behind the tile be? low.

If one desires to start building the Wall from the right, the tiles are turned .as-shown in Fig. 10 with the ange 5 vertical and the flange 4 horizontal. In this View the tiles 23 and 24 are about to be placed next to the tile 22.

The tiles may be staggered as shown in Fig. 11 by placing the tapes closer together and spaced so that the fasteners I I will receive the fasteners 1. If the remaining space to be covered is less than the size of a tile, the tile maybe cut oilD to suit. The tiles may also be of diiTerent sizes, not shown. For example, the tiles I6 and I9 in Fig. 9 may well be wider or narrower than the other tiles, the tapes being spaced to correspond. 'Y

It will be noted that in Fig. 7 the Wires I2 in the eyelet II are flush with the front of the tape to provide space behind the wires for the head 8 of the fastener I. The head 8 should preferably project from the back of the tile only sucient to engage the wires in order that the back oi?Y the tile may come as close as possible to the front of the tape and the wall I4.

The space to be covered with the tiles may be "'a' plurality of thin inherently flexible wall tiles and a plurality of tapes aiixed to a wall supporting said tiles thereupon, each of said tiles having a fastener projecting from its rear surface in the center `of the tile, each of said tapes having members embedded therein and spaced along the tape, the members receiving said tile fasteners to support the tiles in adjoining overlapping wall covering formation with the rear surfaces of the tiles engaging the front surfaces of the tapes, each of saidtiles being rectangular in shape and of initially outwardly curved formation attened into wall covering position by manual pressure exerted against its front surface to force said tile fastener into permanent engagement with said receiving member on the tape, each of said tiles having adjoining edge portions of two adjoining sides depressed and engaging under the non-depressed edge portions of two adjoining tiles, said tapes being aixed to the Wall in parallelism spaced a distance apart equal to the Width of a tile.

REYNOLD C. BECK.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,326,054 Hicks Dec. 23, 1919 ,1,854,772 Stuken Apr. 19, 1932 1,868,815 Burgett July 26, 1932 2,068,562 Murphy et al. Jan. 19, 1937 2,080,769 Fitts May 18, 1937 2,135,118 Stewart Nov. 1, 1938 2,145,068 Batcheller Jan. 24, 1939 2,323,417 Pauli, Jr. July 6, 1943 2,346,769 Lichter Apr. 18, 1944 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 8,241 Great Britain 1913 

